Background: An association between residential proximity to roadway and coronary artery calcium score (CAC) has been previously described. CAC is a measure of coronary artery calcification that reflects the extent of ...

Phenobarbital (PB) is the prototype for a class of agents that produce marked induction in the genetic expression of a variety of metabolic enzymes in many species. One of the consequences of this induction is a change in ...

Background: Climate change is projected to have serious long-term consequences for public health. The existing body of literature has largely characterized increases in hospitalization and mortality in relation to extreme ...

Assessing physical exposures in occupational health studies proves challenging regardless of the industry. In transportation, however, the problem is exacerbated by the fact that subjects are literally on the move. To ...

Inhalation of particulate matter (PM) has long been implicated to influence health. Historically, emphasis has been placed on adverse effects to the lung, but advances in ambient PM monitoring and use of modern epidemiological ...

Exposure biomonitoring of organophosphate (OP) pesticides is a common practice to protect the health of agricultural workers. However, few studies have examined the association between markers of exposure and cholinesterase ...

<bold>Investigating Seasonal and Occupational Trends of Five Organophosphate Pesticides in House Dust in the Lower Yakima Valley, WA</bold> Katie M McDonald Organophosphate pesticides (OPs) are a class of insecticides and ...

The marine environment is the largest, most diverse and influential ecosystem on Earth. Still largely unexplored, the foundation for further ocean exploration begins with the most abundant and productive life forms in the ...

Workers chronically exposed to manganese (Mn) are at increased risk for the development of a Parkinsonism syndrome called manganism. A longitudinal cohort study worked with students at a welding training school to investigate ...

Despite evidence of adverse health effects resulting from exposure to welding fume and in particular to manganese (Mn), biomarkers of exposure are poorly understood and have not been thoroughly evaluated in a longitudinal ...

Fire is an essential ecological process. However, forest fire burn area in the Pacific Northwest is likely to double or even triple by the end of the 2040s based on projected climate change models and ecosystem evaluations. ...

It is increasingly becoming clear that astrocytes release numerous factors that contribute to the process of synaptogenesis. The fact that astrocytes express a wide range of neurotransmitter receptors suggest that they ...

Abstract Background: Molecular viability testing (MVT) is a novel RT-qPCR based diagnostic assay designed for rapid, sensitive, and specific detection of viable bacterial pathogens. Previous research has found it to be 5- ...

Background: In 2007, the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified shift work that involves circadian disruption as a probable human carcinogen. Nighttime chronodisruption has been shown to decrease concentrations ...

Latino day laborers experience high rates of work-related injuries and are a hard to reach group for safety interventions. This study describes the creation and implementation of safety training that uses empowerment ...

Introduction Occupational exposures have been linked to the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, there are no studies reporting associations between occupation and computed tomography (CT) ...

BACKGROUND: Hypertension is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality and is a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and stroke. Many public health efforts are aimed at the prevention and control of ...